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Parliamentary affairs ministry calls meeting of MPs in wake of coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs on Friday called a meeting with members of Parliament in the wake of COVID-19.
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Parliament will be convened from 2 pm onwards on March 23
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): The Parliament will be convened from 2 pm onwards on March 23 after several MPs requested to delay the session due to unavailability of flights in the wake of coronavirus scare.
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BJP issues whip to its MPs asking them to be present in Lok Sabha on Thurs
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs asking them to be present in the House tomorrow and support the Finance Bill 2020 during the ongoing Budget session of the Parliament.
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PM Modi terms those working to contain COVID-19 as 'real soldiers'
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised the officials, professionals and others working on the ground to check the spread of coronavirus at a high risk to their own safety across the country, and asked his party's MPs to pay respects to such people
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Unacceptable: Rahul Gandhi on MPs not allowed to raise question in Tamil
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that not allowing MPs from Tamil Nadu to raise the issue of Tamil language in Lok sabha is "unacceptable".
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PM Modi says Parliament session to continue till April 3, asks MPs to rais
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, addressing the BJP's Parliamentary party meet, said that Parliament will run till April 3 and expressed disappointment over missives by some MPs asking for curtailment of the ongoing session due to coronavirus outbr
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BJP MPs prefer 'Namaste' over hand shake at Parliamentary party meet
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 17 (ANI): The impact of coronavirus was witnessed at the BJP's Parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday with leaders greeting each other with 'namaste' instead of shaking hands.
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COVID-19: Govt unwilling to curtail Parliament session
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): While MPs from several political parties have suggested curtailment of the ongoing Parliament session in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak, senior leaders of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) said that there is no plan for rescheduling the session till now.
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Parliament starts thermal screening of visitors amid coronavirus scare
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Amid COVID-19 scare, security at Parliament has started thermal screening of visitors at all its entrances on Monday. With coronavirus being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, the issue also dominated discussion among MPs on Monday.
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Around 15 to 20 Gujarat Congress MLAs to leave for Jaipur today
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Around 15 to 20 Gujarat Congress MLAs will be leaving for Jaipur on Saturday evening ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections.
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BJP issues whip to LS MPs asking them to be present on March 16
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs to be present in the House on 16th March and support the government's stand.
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BJD MPs meet Sitharaman, urges to release pending performance grants of 11
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 12 (ANI): The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MPs on Thursday met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here and requested to release to Odisha the pending basic and performance grants amounting to Rs 700 crore in respect of 114 ULBs (urban local body) arising out of 14th
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